Short cut Crossword Clue

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Short cut Crossword Answer

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PIXIE

(5 letters)

BOB

(3 letters)

SNIP

(4 letters)

TRIM

(4 letters)

Helpful Hints

(verb)
1. cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
2. sever or remove by pinching or snipping
(noun)
1. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
2. the act of clipping or snipping

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CUT (noun)
1. the omission that is made when an editorial change shortens a written passage
2. the act of penetrating or opening open with a sharp edge
CUT (verb)
1. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
2. cut down on; make a reduction in
CUT (adjective)
1. made neat and tidy by trimming
2. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
SHORT (adjective)
1. of insufficient quantity to meet a need
2. marked by rude or peremptory shortness
SHORT (verb)
1. cheat someone by not returning him enough money
2. create a short circuit in
SHORT (adverb)
1. at a disadvantage
2. quickly and without warning
SHORT (noun)
1. the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
2. accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

PIXIE
(5 letters)
BOB
(3 letters)
Snip
(4 letters)
TRIM
(4 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
NIPS

More Newsday Crossword (5/14/2026) Answers

Across

1. Farm baby

5. Question of confirmation

9. Sound of a loud impact

14. Adidas alternative

15. First-century despot

16. Speak up with

17. Some cheeses' exterior

18. 'Doggone it!'

19. Balzac's boulder

20. Golfer's storage unit

23. Isn't cramped

24. 'How wonderful!'

25. Slip up

26. Band instrument

28. Rite answer?

31. What a spy often assumes

34. Geese formations

36. Uber-brain

39. Big game in Utah

40. Put on

41. Formal pledges

42. Conniving

43. Do the same as

44. Among the busiest US airports

45. Barnyard comment

46. Military depot

50. Aromatic Caribbean cocktail

55. City near Venice

56. Caesar adversary

57. "It's wrong __ many levels"

58. Fail to be

59. Sheik equivalent

60. Highly discerning

61. Many babysitters

62. Admin. asst.

63. Historical study

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Down

1. Fir relative

2. City near Madrid

3. Reduced by

4. Tough luck

5. __ skiing (Dubai diversion)

6. Vaccine medium

7. Certain cash stashes

8. Swag holder

9. Remote location?

10. Prohibition potation

11. Burning braid

12. Longing

13. Someone like you

21. Polo participant

22. Scoundrel

26. Oppose orally

27. Apt rhyme for "restrain"

28. Still competitive

29. Eloper of rhyme

30. Decides (to)

31. Amazons' father

32. Idle-ize?

33. Quite unpleasant

34. Brandy designation

35. Laughless lines

37. Wee hour

38. A pack of lies

43. 200-milligram measures

44. Close kin of 46-Across

45. Hawaiian for "peak"

46. Where a fan is often found

47. Number spoken by pilots

48. Fully befuddled

49. Pelican cousins

50. Any time period

51. Legal prefix

52. Utopian setting

53. Keeps chilled

54. Word following brand or big

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